FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5
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CodeSystem: Admit source

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source Version: 0.1.0
Standards status: Informative Maturity Level: 0 Responsible: Patient Administration Computable Name: AdmitSource

This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate from where the patient came in.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/admit-source defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
hosp-trans Transferred from other hospital The Patient has been transferred from another hospital for this encounter.
emd From accident/emergency department The patient has been transferred from the emergency department within the hospital. This is typically used in the transition to an inpatient encounter
outp From outpatient department The patient has been transferred from an outpatient department within the hospital.
born Born in hospital The patient is a newborn and the encounter will track the baby related activities (as opposed to the Mothers encounter - that may be associated using the newborn encounters partof property)
gp General Practitioner referral The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a General Practitioner.
mp Medical Practitioner/physician referral The patient has been admitted due to a referred from a Specialist (as opposed to a General Practitioner).
nursing From nursing home The patient has been transferred from a nursing home.
psych From psychiatric hospital The patient has been transferred from a psychiatric facility.
rehab From rehabilitation facility The patient has been transferred from a rehabilitation facility or clinic.
other Other The patient has been admitted from a source otherwise not specified here.